Pliny VII.27.C-D

pestilens -entis

unhealthy, noxious, pernicious

appāreō apparēre apparuī apparitus

to appear, become visible

capillus capillī m.

hair

catēna -ae f.

chain, fetter

inde

from there, from then

mōnstrum mōnstrī n.

omen; monster

sīve or seu

whether; or if

pretium pretiī n.

price, value, payment

tantō

by so much

stilus stilus -ī m.

a pointed instrument

intendō intendere intendī intentus

to stretch, strain

mēns mentis f.

mind

fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus

to shape, invent

quālis quāle

what sort

incumbō -ere -cubuī -cubitus

to lean or recline upon (w. dat.); bear down on (in a military or sexual sense)

prius

earlier, preceding, before; in preference, to, rather

os ossis n.

bone

affirmō affirmāre affirmāvī affirmātus

to strengthen, prove, assert

vertex verticis m.

whirlpool; peak, summit

prior priōris

former, previous, prior, first; (+ abl. of comparison) superior to

meī m. pl.

my kindred

intendō intendere intendī intentus

to stretch, strain